What's the difference

[lucy two]

What's the difference between a CD and TV I always thought a CD if someone wanted to dress part-time and TV most of the time and I have now been told that we are all TVs. If that is the case why do we call ourselves cross-dressers.

[Laura912]

Lucy, there currently are several threads dealing with the "name" or "label." Most of the old timers, being one myself, will tell you it just doesn't matter. If you can be comfortable with no label, you may find things a lot more fun. And welcome to the forum.

[melissakozak]

I just addressed this issue partially in a separate post title Labels. One is short for crossdresser and the other is short for transvestite. I can't stand the term transvestite because frankly, it sounds like we might be some horrible monsters from a 'B' rated movie shot in the 1950's, but hey, it is a label that has been around for awhile. Only recently has the term TG come into vogue. None of us are TVs because we lack the necessary wiring, HDMI attachments, remote controls and either HD or LCD displays found so commonly on your typical TV. Nor am I a small round, shiny disc with music....

By the way, I AM an old timer like Laura912 said!!!!

[BRANDYJ]

There is no difference CD is short for crossdressing, or cross dressing, however you want to spell it in one or two words. TV stands for transvestite. Both simply mean dressing in the clothes of the opposite sex. TV, or transvestite are going by the way side since they sound clinical and are dated back to an era when psychological experts considered it a mental problem. The term cross dresser has not been around that many years. Maybe 30 or so years at best.

[Cheryl T]

Technically they are the same. The definition of both are equal.
Where it differs is the Connotation that people assign to the two terms.

I prefer to call myself ... Cheryl !!!

[lucy two]

Thank you I was only wondering what the difference was between a (crossdress ) and a (transvestite) as some people call me a cross dresser and others are transvestite so I was wondering what am I. Well I know who I am I'm Lucy and very happy indeed.

[Elena Ornamental]

Something I believe happened is that when more of the public became aware of the term "transvestite" as a stigma, the transvestite community came up with the "cross dresser" term that didn't have negative implications. Of course "cross dresser is a literal translation of "transvestite".

[Sheann]

I agree == there appears to be little difference. Simply my opinion, but i like crossdersser better

[heatherdress]

Spelling is the difference. One word uses a C and a D. The other word uses a T and a V.

I wuz nevr gud at spellin and i dont care - I use spellcheck.

What you like to wear is your business and you don't need to call yourself anything. You are you. Don't worry about a label.

[STACY B]

The word your looking for is,,,,,,,,,>>>>>> SUPA STAR >>>>>>>>>>>>> AKA>>--------WILD --CAT--->>>>>>>>>>>>>

[lucy two]

I agree Stacey Lucy is a superstar expensive one but still a superstar and I love it when she's out

[NicoleScott]

There is no difference. Use the word you prefer.

[Barbara Ella]

to paraphrase an old adage. Call me anything, just dont call me late for the shoe sale.

Barbara

[LilSissyStevie]

It's a perfect example of a distinction without a difference. But what about people like me. I'm a 'whoopsie' no matter what I'm wearing.

[Jane-C]

Hi


Why not let’s throw a new term "label" into mix? I'm a GITWMFS pronounced Gitwomfs, Guy In Touch With My Feminine Side. Let’s confuse the public at large even more

Jane

PS: Do believe labels are for soup cans

[Lynn Marie]

[SIZE="4"]In the third post after the starter, Brandy J perfectly and succinctly explained the difference and today's preferences. The rest of this stuff is superflous.

Labels are a necessary evil to explain that we are not gay nor drag queens. Damn, just keep it simple and avoid the ethereal balony. [/SIZE]

[Brittany CD]

Transvestite is an older term for crossdresser. It's probably also the more academic term, so if a scholar is writing about a study regarding crossdressing, he/she may refer to it as transvestism

[Rachel Morley]

They are the same. "TV" is short for transvestite and "CD" is short for crossdresser.
Latin trans- + vestite, form of vestiō (“I clothe, I dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross-dresser".

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Lucy, Just tell us what you want to be and we will be ok
with what ever it is that you want to be.

We are very easy to get along with.

[Sarah27]

I think it all has to do with if society was fully accepting and embracing of any man becoming a woman, there was sufficient technology for a man to become a woman, and the person in question was still willing to become female permanently, then they are TV, if not then CD.

[Missy]

A cross-dresser wear cloths of the other sex while a transvestite wears the clothing for sexual pleasure
I looked it up in dictionary a few times

[NathalieX66]

America says crossdresser.
UK folks say transvestite.
I say who gives a s***

Tomato/tomahto.


I'm a dude that prefers to dress as female.....you got a problem with that?

[lucy two]

Thank you Missy that is exactly what was looking for.

[KlaireLarnia]

America says crossdresser.
UK folks say transvestite.

Ermmm no we don't. You will find that a lot of people in the UK use the term Cross Dresser as it sounds a lot nicer and more acceptable than Transvestite which has quite a large negative feeling over here.

The word also originates from a German - Magnus Hirschfeld back in the 1860's

[Kaz]

Ermmm no we don't. You will find that a lot of people in the UK use the term Cross Dresser as it sounds a lot nicer and more acceptable than Transvestite which has quite a large negative feeling over here.

The word also originates from a German - Magnus Hirschfeld back in the 1860's

I'm with Klaire on this... CD has become the preferred term in UK for many years... it is more modern and a bit more user friendly. TV became a bit stigmatised in the 60s and early 70s.

Missy (aka Carla), dictionary definitions are tricky as well as it depends on the dictionary, what date it is and who updated the definition... indeed if it was updated. It could be that CD was added rather than interrogated.

If we want to really understand what words mean we need to understand how they were derived. Now I am on my hobby horse I am afraid! The bigger issue is how words are used and shaped by society...

Lucy, this issue with labels never goes away!

I am Kaz... it isn't just about the clothes... it is about who I am!